Improvement in the manufacture op partly gilt frames



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WASHINGTON IVALLIGK, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN E ASSIGNMENTS, 'lO WALLIOK AND ASAY, OFYSAME PLACE.

Letters .Patent No.-98,450,

dated December 28, 1869 antcdated December 22, 1,869.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PARTLY G-ILT FRAMES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'makng part of the same. h

"WH v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WASHINGTON WALLICK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in the Manufacture of .Partly Gilt Mouldings; and I do hereby declare the following to he'a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists in finishing and priming such portions of wooden inoiildings (for picture and other frames) as have to be gilt before the main body of the moulding has been finished.

The object of my invention is to obviate the necessity of a supplementary inner gilt moulding, and to dispense with the tedious manipulation heretofore re-` quired in applying the priming to permanent portions of the frame.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to practise my iiivent-ion, I will now proceed to describe the mode of carrying the saine into effect, reference being` had to the accoinpzuiying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a transverse section wooden moulding for picture-frames;

Figure 2, a moulding, in which the portion to be gilded forms a part of the frame; and

Figure 3, asectioii of a moulding to illustrate my invention.

In order that' my invention may be thoroughly unwell to refer in the outset to the moulding of an ordinary picture-frame, al section of which is illustrated in tig. 1, A being a moulding of any desired pattern, and of walnut, or other wood, for it should be understood that my invention relates especially to that class of frames which are made 0f wood, with a gilt inner edging.

It is usual to recess the moulding at a, fig. 1, for

of an ordinary the reception of a supplementary strip, B, the exposed iortioii b of which is gilded. I l Occasionally a frame ismade of moiildings, of which the nlilt portion b forms a part, as shown in iig, 2, but this tilaii as heretofore carried out is objectionable for the following reason; n u

The surface to be gilt must receive a body or primim, 0f Whiting and glue, oi' other equivalent coiiiposition, and tu deposit this on the surface to-he gilded withoutspreading it beyond the proper limit, demands tedious manipulation, hence it has been found more economical to employ a supplementary.moi1lding,.B, the portion l1 of which can be easily primed for gilding without the care which would be required in priming a permanent and defined portion of the moulding.

The object of my invention is to avoid the expense of a supplementary moulding, to obviate the necessity of the tedious manipulation heretofore demanded in priming part of themain moulding, and this I accomplish iii the following maiiner:

In the manufacture of moiildings for picture-frames, itis usual, in the first instance,'to rough them out with saws and cutters'to a form approximating to that 4to which'they have to be subsequently reduced by the operation of the finishing cutters.

In practising my invention, while I roughoiit the mainpoi'tion of the moulding, as shown in fig. 3, I take care to comparatively-'mush the portion I), which has 'to be gilded, and this portion I prime without resorting to any great care in spreading the composition, which may extend beyond the limits of the portion `which has to be gilded.

After the, priming hasbeen completed, I subject the moulding to the finishing operation, which reduces it te the eondition shown in iig. 2, the rotary cutters at the same time removing with the wood all priming which in the haste of application may have been extended beyondthe necessary limits.

By thus finishing the portion to -be gilded, and applying the priming to that portion before the finishing of the main body of the frame, heretofore reqliired iii applying the priming is dispensed with, and the'necessity of employing a supplementa-ry gilt moulding obviated.

My invention may be practised with like economical results in the manufacture of arched top and oval frames, which are in'ade by machinery, the inner edges of the entire frames being finished and primed prior to the finishing of -th'ebody of the frame.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The finishing and priming of such portions of wood mouldings or oval or arched top frames as have to be gilded prior to the finishing of the main body, as and for the purpose herein set forth. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. A

Witnesses: WASHINGTON WALLICK.

J No. B. HARDING, HARRY SMITH.

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